Evaluation of digital libraries
Subtitle: an insight into useful applications and methods
By: edited by Giannis Tsakonas and Christos Papatheodorou
Series: Chandos information professional series; Chandos information professional series
Publisher: Chandos Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9781843344841; 9781843344858
Subjects: Digital libraries; Evaluation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the framework for digital library evaluation / Tefko Saracevic; title: pt. 1: To whom it may concern.  From usage to user : library metrics and expectations for the evaluation of digital libraries / Brinley Franklin, Martha Kyrillidou, Terry Plum; title: An agency perspective on digital library evaluation / Michael Khoo, David McArthur, Lee Zia; title: pt. 2: What to place under the evaluation lens.  What should we take into consideration when we talk about usability? / Judy Jeng; title: Users and digital libraries : in insightful story / Emmanouel Garoufallou, Rania Siatri, Richard J. Hartley; title: Towards an infrastructure for digital library performance evaluation / Maristella Agosti, Nicola Ferro; title: Employing deep log analysis to evaluate the information-seeking behaviour of users of digital libraries / David Nicholas; title: pt. 3: Behind the evaluation curtain.  The pushmepullyou of design and evaluation / Ann Blandford, David Bainbridge; title: Extending borders : outcomes assessment in the era of digital libraries / Giannis Tsakonas, Christos Papatheodorou; title: Digital library service quality : what does it look like? / Martha Kyrillidou, Colleen Cook, Yvonna Lincoln; title: pt. 4: How to conduct an evaluation activity.  Planning digital library evaluation with logic models / Michael Khoo, Sarah Giersch; title: Examining how end users use and perceive digital libraries / Maria Monopoli; title: Investigating users' perceptions and acceptance of digital libraries : a quantitative approach / Yin-Leng Theng.